APCoco Crisp takes a swing at Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields after Crisp was hit by a pitch and charged the mound in the second inning last night.

What we got, though, was pretty much the worst-case scenario, with the Crispy one charging the mound after Rays pitcher James Shields hit him in the leg with a pitch, prompted a bench-clearing brawl that saw several punches thrown.

There's also this video shot in the park, which provides you with the crowd reaction you might expect to hear when people watch millionaires lose their tempers:

If that was where things had ended, there would have been no real surprises -- just a lot of boneheaded posturing and a prime example of baseball's "code" rearing its sometimes-ugly head.

Instead, we got something so bizarre, I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it already: Don't-worry-be-happy Manny Ramirez apparently losing his temper with Kevin Youkilis, leading to other players separating the two in the dugout:

Seriously, I feel like I just watched Uncle Joe-Bob smack Aunt Lucilda at the dinner table here. It's that jarring, given their respective public personas.

As much as it seems like Crisp is completely out of touch with reality in this postgame interview, I'm way, way more troubled by the Manny/Youkilis sub-plot -- especially since it came midway through a game that had already sparked a brawl between teams. Usually, those types of events draw a team together, not drive it apart.

In any event, it goes without saying that plenty of 'splainin' will be necessary in the next few days, as the Red Sox sort out what, if anything, to do because of Crisp's likely suspension.

Oh -- a sidenote, too. The team found some pretty good pitching last night, no? I think it's safe to say Jon Lester and Mike Timlin were effectively overshadowed, for some reason.